Book/Printed Material Do joint fighter programs save money?

Title

• Do joint fighter programs save money?

Summary

• In the past 50 years, the U.S. Department of Defense has pursued numerous joint aircraft programs, the largest and most recent of which is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Joint aircraft programs are thought to reduce Life Cycle Cost (LCC) by eliminating duplicate research, development, test, and evaluation efforts and by realizing economies of scale in procurement, operations, and support. But the need to accommodate different service requirements in a single design or common design family can lead to greater program complexity, increased technical risk, and common functionality or increased weight in excess of that needed for some variants, potentially leading to higher overall cost, despite these efficiencies. To help Air Force leaders (and acquisition decisionmakers in general) select an appropriate acquisition strategy for future combat aircraft, this report analyzes the costs and savings of joint aircraft acquisition programs. The project team examined whether historical joint aircraft programs have saved LCC compared with single-service programs. In addition, the project team assessed whether JSF is on track to achieving the joint savings originally anticipated at the beginning of full-scale development. Also examined were the implications of joint fighter programs for the health of the industrial base and for operational and strategic risk.

Names

• Lorell, Mark A., 1947- author
• Kennedy, Michael, 1949- author
• Leonard, Robert S., author
• Munson, Kenneth, author
• Abramzon, Shmuel, author
• An, David L. author
• Guffey, Robert A. author
• Project Air Force (U.S.), issuing body
• Rand Corporation, issuing body
• United States. Air Force, sponsoring body

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013]
• ©2013

Contents

• Introduction -- Historical Joint Fighter and Other Joint Aircraft Programs: Analysis of Savings and Costs -- Joint Strike Fighter Program: Analysis of Savings and Costs -- Additional Implications of Joint Aircraft Programs -- Conclusions.

Headings

• -  United States.--Department of Defense--Procurement--Costs
• -  F-35 (Military aircraft)
• -  Fighter planes--United States--Costs
• -  Life cycle costing

Notes

• -  "RAND Project Air Force."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-51).
• -  "MG-1225-AF"--Page [4] of cover.
• -  "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xxv, 51 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UG1242.F5

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024738888

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024738888

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024738888

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